Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ticket information will be available soon.

During the festival, you can buy tickets at the Incubate Ticket & Info Center.

We’ve got different tickets. Check types and prices here.

You'll get a wristband, yes. The only place where you can collect your wristband is the Incubate Ticket & Info Center.

No. If you have a wristband, you can get in for free at every venue related to Incubate.

All opening hours and information is available on the Ticket & Info Center page.You can only pick up the wristband from the first day your ticket is valid. So if you have a Friday ticket, you can not pick up your wristband on Thursday.

Yes there are a few rules if you buy a ticket. You can find the T&C on the Ticket info page. With ordering a ticket and or entering the festival venues and locations, you agree with these Terms & Conditions.

Well, we haven’t got pink sunhats, or funshirts, but you can find our merch at incustore.org. During the festival you can buy our merch at the Incubate Ticket & Info Center. Bandmerch will be sold in the place the band plays.
You can buy some good cd's and second hand vinyl at Sounds and lots of vinyl (12'' dance and experimental) at Antenne.

What!!?? Sorry, we can’t hear you! Just kidding! You can buy earplugs at every venue where bands play!
If you're an (relative) outsider: for some artists loundness is an essential aspect of their ethics and aesthetics.

The prices of drinks vary from venue to venue, just like the brand of beer. Almost everywhere you pay about 2 euro for a decent GLASS of 0,25 cl..
At 013 you pay with special 013-coins. The other venues only accept cash.
Of course venues don't allow that you bring your own beer in. But you can buy some booze at a local supermarket or liquor store and drink it somewhere else.

Nope. But we’re sure you’ll make lots of friends who can buy them from you. Or donate them to the Incubate-organisation!

Don't worry. Almost all venues are located in the center of Tilburg, which is quite small. You won’t have to stop cabs or steal a bike to go to the next venue. Just walk, you'll be at the next venue in 10 minutes max.

We will arrange busses for venues outside Tilburg, like the Natuurtheater last year. You can catch one for a reasonable price.

We’ve got all the information you need listed here.

Tilburg has a lot of parkingspaces. For instance: next to the 013 there is a multi-storey car park named Tivoli. You can folow the Parking-signs (P-centrum) for different parkingspaces near or in the center of the city.

We’ve got all the nice restaurants listed here. Stay tuned for special mealdeals!

We haven’t got a festival camping. So no beer fueled late night sessions with -or from- strange neighbors playing keep on rocking in a free world at their just purchased djembe. We’ve listed all the places you can lay your head right here.

Is a record by Aphex Twin. In Holland it's alowed to use soft drugs, which you can buy legally at coffee shops. Best in town are The Grass Company and Toermalijn. Hard drugs are always forbidden. Oh, and smoking inside is not allowed. You have to go outside or to a smoking area inside the venue when there is one.

For artists and attendees the best shows are intimate shows. That's why we use small venues with a maximum capacity of 400 people. But most venues are much smaller.

Of course each venue has a decent PA system and the best and friendliest staff around.

Apart from the festival there are a lot of things to do in Tilburg. From hardcore beer drinking in pubs to smoking your chronic in a typical Dutch coffee shop. There is also a some beautiful nature around and much and much more. Visit the tourist office (situated on Nieuwlandstraat 34 in Tilburg) to ask for specific tips.

No. But most artists sell their cd or record themselves after their performance. So just ask them. They're just human beings, not aliens.

Yes you can! Maybe.. Please check the lineup of Incubate first. We’re not your average fun loving, head wearing, feel good festival in the sun. We actually have specific artistic ideas about our lineup. If you think you can meet the criteria, then you can apply for a slot at the festival. We only have a few slots left. The competition is fierce. So don’t get your hopes on. We love new music and listen to every demo or MySpace page carefully, but don’t expect us to reply every time. No news is bad news.

Contact our bookers Frank, Vince and Peter at booking AT incubate DOT org, don't send mp3's, just links to your music.

Incubate has a team of 100+ volunteers working alongside staff members on many aspects of our programs and operations.

You want to host artists in your home?
Help us with publicity like distributing posters or flyer at concerts and shows?
Help us with production?
Usher at exhibitions?
Drive artists around?
Maybe you have other ideas how you can help us, because there's a lot to do.
Of course volunteers get festival tickets, a festival shirt, food and drinks and a cool volunteer party in exchange for their work.

We try to include everyone interested in bringing cutting edge culture. Strengthening and extending this group of like-mindend individuals and instututions is one of our main goals. It offers you an inspiring connnection to mind broadening experiences. You help independent artist to promote their stuff. You bring cool art to Dutch province.

Interested? Please e-mail tineke ATT incubate DOTT org for all info!

By supporting Incubate, its artists and, in turn, our vibrant community at large, you are helping positioning independent culture. Both nationally and internationally. Most importantly, your organization’s involvement places it squarely in the center of these crossroads of upcoming artists, independent thinkers and pioneering communication strategies.
It is a thrilling place to be and a festival this cool can’t happen without your commitment. Beware, because we are keen on our identity! We don't believe in a banner spangled festival but we want to share knowledge and incorporate your brand in our communitty. That's why we are are looking for daring views and we can offer you those daring views of the cool and underground community that's normally hard to reach.

By supporting Incubate you contribute to the international independent arts scene. Next to that you contribute to the general profile of Tilburg as a rapidly developing city, open for new visitors an new ideas.

Incubate is a non profit organization and all donations are fully tax-deductible.
 
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities or donating money please contact Joost Heijthuijsen – joost ATT incubate DOTT org

That's possible! Let us know which artist(s) you want to see at Incubate 2010 via this GetSatisfaction page. Our bookers listen to every single line-up tip you post.

We try to show you art (be it music, film, theatre, visual or otherwise) that originates in underground scenes and (sub)cultures. The artist’s ways of dealing with life and art might not be your preferred choice.
The ideas, meanings and intentions of artists participating in the festival are not necessarily our own. We feel it’s important to highlight different aspects of cutting edge art, even though the imagery displayed or styles shown might offend others. Please be aware of that risk within the artistic choices we make as a festival.

Like our teachers told us: contradictions like positivism and negativism, sperm and blood have always been central themes in art; from The Old Testament till Dante's Inferno, from Monteverdi till Motörhead and from Jesus till GG Allin.
Parody, irony, pastiche, deconstruction, the anti-aesthetic are some of the techniques. (Anti)utopism and the quest for pure honesty and pure evil are some of the themes. The response may say as much about the recipient's mind as it says about the sender.

This does not mean that everything is possible at the festival. If we, or the majority of the audience, could be offended by symbols, appearance or behavior, we have the right to ban you from our festival.

The timetable will be up for downloading as soon as we have all the artists booked. During the festival there are timetables and special Incubate-maps of the centre of Tilburg. Availlable at the Incubate Ticket & Info Center.

Incubate promotes independent culture. Not only the participating artists but also the fanzines, blogs, magazines, newspapers, radio stations etc.. are responsible for the vibrant scene. You want to come? For accreditations you can go to the press site.

If you're an important industry person: research costs (also the booz) are tax deductable. Just ask your accountant :-)

We don't have a strict policy. But maybe a certain band has. Always contact Tijs Heesterbeek (tijs AT incubate DOT org or +31-(0)6-42212213) when you have doubts. Don't disturb other visitors' festival experience while taking pictures.

Well: you're at a festival. We try to schedule the artists that most genres don't overlap. But hey, there are more than 200 slots, so you can better run and enjoy the luxory.

Want to add or change an artist-biography, add photos or add tags? Please wait a bit longer. This is just our temporary website. Our new site, which will launch early May, will have more functionalities so you can add or change biographies, photos, videos, tags, etc. Just like you could on our 2008 and 2009 websites

You can set back the bio to an earlier version if it doesn't suit you. Just login and click on 'Edit Text' on the artist-page and contribute!

We'll use it in our Festival Guide (circulation of 8.000), so you get really really famous!

For more info on what we do and a guideline, please visit our special wiki-page.